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2003 · Board game · Card game

Duel Masters

Based on the Duel Masters Trading Card game in Japan, Duel Masters: Sempai Legends puts you in the role of a kohai (junior duelist). Your grandfather, a great Sempai (senior duelist), gives you a valuable Duel Masters card, which is soon stolen by a mysterious man. Now it is up to you to travel to nearby towns and villages in hopes of regaining the stolen property. Along the way, you'll face many opponents in Duel Masters tournaments with the hope of one day becoming a professional Duelist.

Released
18 December 2003
Platforms
Game Boy AdvanceGameCubePlayStation 2
Genres
Board gameCard gameFantasyStrategyTurn-based strategy
Developers
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Publishers
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Themes
Action
Country
Japan

About

Duel Masters (デュエル・マスターズ, Dyueru Masutāzu) is a multimedia franchise consisting of multiple manga and anime series, a trading card game, and several video games. It began as a manga adaptation of Magic: The Gathering before branching off in 2002.

Keywords

  • card based combat
  • based on - card game

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The story centers around the card game Duel Masters, which revolves around five civilizations consisting of Light, Water, Darkness, Fire and Nature. The original storyline follows Shobu Kirifuda, a young boy who likes to play Duel Masters. He and a few duelists are known to bring the monsters on the cards to life in their duels. Shobu engages in this card game so that he can be the best duelist like his father was.

Reception

As of 2014, the main manga series had sold approximately 4.5 million copies in Japan.

Along with The Magic of Chocolate, Duel Masters won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Children's Manga in 2021.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
GameCube18 December 2003Europe
PlayStation 22 March 2004Japan · North America 5 November 2004 · Europe 3 December 2004

Editions and related releases

Based on
Duel Masters Trading Card Game

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Collections5 collections

Platform libraries

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.